Life's body blows hit when we least expect it. The reasons don't even matter yet the sting is searing, our breath islabored, and we wonder if we can go on. Where is God in all of this? Why now and why me? I found this poem in Streams in the Desert and it gave me...

Last week the grandgirlies followed us home to Arizona to spend some time with us after working at Dad's house. During the week, I started playing a game with Allie, my youngest who is 2 1/2. While waiting for our food in a restaurant one day, she came up to me and...

Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. Exodus 20:12 (Amplified Bible) Forty years of stuff! Sorting, keeping, throwing, and giving away all kinds of things from...

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see Heb. 11:1(NLT) An Old Testament story records that when God declared a drought on the land of Israel, He did not forget his prophet, Elijah. He sent...

I picked up the devotional Streams in the Desert, which seemed appropriate now that I live in the desert.  It was first published in 1925 so that many of the daily readings have the old-fashioned words, phrases, and formats.  It has taken me awhile to fully appreciate...

Yet I am confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of the living.  Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14 (NLT) When I get ready for a trip, I want to know the most direct and...